Contracts & Installations

EL Pro Fleet Briefing: GM and Teijin, Networkfleet, NREL on EVs, and Mitsubishi

Fleet Briefing: GM and Teijin, Networkfleet, NREL on EVs, and MitsubishiGeneral Motors and carbon fiber products company Teijin Limited are to co-develop carbon fiber products for potential worldwide, high-volume use in GM cars, trucks and crossovers. ...

December 9, 2011

ECOtality, Silver Spring to Offer Smart Grid EV Charging

ECOtality, Silver Spring to Offer Smart Grid EV ChargingElectric transportation and storage technology company ECOtality Inc. and Silver Spring Networks Inc., have announced an agreement to integrate ECOtality's Blink electric vehicle charging stations with ...

December 9, 2011

Nissan Leaf Rolling out to 50 States by March

Nissan Leaf Rolling out to 50 States by MarchNissan is rolling out its all-electric Leaf to seven more states, with plans for availability in all 50 states and the District of Columbia ...

December 8, 2011

Siemens to Buy eMeter

Siemens to Buy eMeterSiemens Industry Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire all of the stock of smart grid firm eMeter Corporation. The parties expect to close the deal in ...

December 7, 2011

Frito-Lay Asks Town for $600k to Aid Water Efficiency, Automation

Frito-Lay Asks Town for $600k to Aid Water Efficiency, AutomationFrito-Lay is asking the town of Vancouver, Wash., for $585,000 in water bill credits over three years, to enable its local plant to make ...

December 7, 2011

Lighting Briefing: Millard and Groom, Carmanah, Platinum, Lightolier and Tyree

Lighting Briefing: Millard and Groom, Carmanah, Platinum, Lightolier and TyreeRefrigerated warehousing and distribution services company Millard and commercial energy project firm Groom Energy have completed the installation of an LED lighting retrofit at Millard's Allentown, ...

December 7, 2011

Renewables Briefing: NextEra, Google, South Carolina Electric & Gas, Boeing and SolarCity

Renewables Briefing: NextEra, Google, South Carolina Electric & Gas, Boeing and SolarCityA NextEra Energy Resources LLC wind farm in Oklahoma providing energy to Google is operational, according to McClatchy-Tribune Regional News. The 100.8 MW Minco II Wind ...

December 5, 2011

Solar Briefing: L’Oreal, Carmanah, San Diego, Cogenra and Defense Dept.

Solar Briefing: L’Oreal, Carmanah, San Diego, Cogenra and Defense Dept.L'Oreal USA's North Little Rock, Ark., manufacturing facility's solar array installation is fully operational. The 13 kW solar array will provide 18,000 kWh of electricity annually, ...

November 30, 2011

Texas Children’s Hospital Installs Aircuity’s OptiNet

Texas Children’s Hospital Installs Aircuity’s OptiNetTexas Children's Hospital has installed Aircuity's ventilation efficiency system OptiNet in its Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute building. The installation helped the building achieve silver-level ...

November 30, 2011

Enbala Connects American Water to PJM Smart Grid

Enbala Connects American Water to PJM Smart GridAmerican Water and Enbala Power Networks are two of the first companies to take advantage of new rules that allow industrial loads in ...

November 29, 2011

Kone Taps KMI for EHS Software

Kone Taps KMI for EHS SoftwareElevator and escalator firm Kone has installed KMI's Environmental Health and Safety Software Suite. Kone sites in over 50 countries worldwide now have access to KMI's Incident ...

November 28, 2011

Walmart, Daimler Announce EV Stations and Networks

Walmart, Daimler Announce EV Stations and NetworksEcotality will install electric vehicle charging stations at over 10 Walmart stores in California, Oregon, and Washington, the two companies have announced. The retailer will participate ...

November 23, 2011

Green Building Brief: Seattle Benchmarking, Kone Elevators, Retrofit Rules

Green Building Brief: Seattle Benchmarking, Kone Elevators, Retrofit RulesSeattle is moving into the next stage of its Building Energy Benchmarking and Reporting Program, launched in May. The city has ...

November 22, 2011

High-Efficiency Motors, Drives Can Cut 10% of Energy Spend

High-Efficiency Motors, Drives Can Cut 10% of Energy SpendA medium-sized industrial company with an electricity spend of £50,000 ($78,000) could save £5,000 per year by fitting variable speed drives and higher efficiency ...

November 22, 2011

Office Tower Gains 20% Efficiency; Seattle U. Installs Fabric Ductwork

Office Tower Gains 20% Efficiency; Seattle U. Installs Fabric DuctworkA Seattle University library and 17-floor Dallas office tower have installed systems to dramatically improve efficiency of their heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems....

November 21, 2011

Coke, MIT Machines Reward Consumers for Recycling

Coke, MIT Machines Reward Consumers for RecyclingCoca-Cola, Kroger and MIT are all rolling out bottle recycling machines that reward consumers for their deposits. Wholly owned Coke subsidiary Coca-Cola Recycling has started ...

November 21, 2011

Fleet Briefing: 2012 Fuel Economy Guide, Honda Fit EV, Nissan, Coulomb, GE, Coda

Fleet Briefing: 2012 Fuel Economy Guide, Honda Fit EV, Nissan, Coulomb, GE, CodaThe 2012 Mitsubishi i electric vehicle has come first in the EPA's list of "fuel sipper" vehicles, with miles per gallon equivalent of ...

November 18, 2011

Food Manufacturers ‘Holding Back rPET’; Lush Outsources Recycling

Food Manufacturers ‘Holding Back rPET’; Lush Outsources RecyclingThe use of recycled PET in the food sector is being held back by poor quality control and by brand owners’ misconceptions, according to ...

November 18, 2011

Marriott to Install Demand Response at Over 250 Hotels

Marriott to Install Demand Response at Over 250 HotelsMarriott International and Constellation Energy have agreed to develop over 23 MW of load response capability across more than 250 of the hotel’s properties ...

November 17, 2011

World’s Second-Largest Data Center Nabs LEED Gold

World’s Second-Largest Data Center Nabs LEED GoldQuality Technology Services has achieved LEED Gold certification at its Atlanta Metro facility, which it says is the world’s second-largest data centers. LEED president ...

November 17, 2011